REPLAN-EU Explaining the formulation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans in Europe: a comparative approach.

Principal Investigator: Lucia Quaglia

The economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic have been devastating, placing major strains on the economic governance of the European Union (EU) and its member states. Confronted with these major challenges, the EU has adopted the ‘Next Generation EU’ funding programme worth €750 billion, the centerpiece of which is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which amounts to €672 billion in loans and grants to support economic reforms and investments in EU countries. In order to access this funding, EU member states have to submit National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs).

Whereas most scholarly work has so far focused on the ‘EU level’ of post-pandemic institutional and policy changes, a systematic examination of the ‘domestic level’ and, in particular, the political-economy factors that influence both the formulation and implementation of national NRRPs is still at its infancy. The REPLAN-EU project sets out to contribute to this important debate by bringing together three research units led by three specialists in EU and national policy-making. By leveraging their respective expertise along the whole policy cycle, from the definition of the policy goals to their formal and substantial implementation, the project aims at shedding light on the domestic politics of the RRF and its second-order effect on the relationship between member countries and European institutions.

Website: https://www.replaneuresearch.eu

Members of the Department

Luca Cabras, Assegnista di ricerca.

Other members